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A dangerous offender hearing begins Monday for a man convicted in 2016 of the violent sexual assault of an Indigenous woman in an Edmonton apartment.

Lance Blanchard was found guilty of aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, forcible confinement, possession of a weapon and making a death threat in relation to the 2014 attack on the woman, who CBC refers to using the pseudonym Angela Cardinal.

The case sparked outrage, and two reviews were ordered by Alberta Justice when CBC News found Cardinal was incarcerated during her testimony at Blanchard’s preliminary hearing.

A dangerous offender hearing begins Monday for a man convicted in 2016 of the violent sexual assault of an Indigenous woman in an Edmonton apartment.

Lance Blanchard was found guilty of aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, forcible confinement, possession of a weapon and making a death threat in relation to the 2014 attack on the woman, who CBC refers to using the pseudonym Angela Cardinal.

The case sparked outrage, and two reviews were ordered by Alberta Justice when CBC News found Cardinal was incarcerated during her testimony at Blanchard’s preliminary hearing.

Serial rapist Charles Henry Desjarlais will undergo a psychiatric assessment to determine if he qualifies for a dangerous offender label.

Crown prosecutor Karuna Ramakrishnan on Friday asked for the assessment, which could result in an application for Desjarlais to be locked up indefinitely.

Ramakrishnan sought the assessment after provincial court Judge John Bascom denied her application to adjourn the Crown’s request to March.

Ramakrishnan had sought a delay so a doctor who performed a pre-sentencing assessment on Desjarlais over a previous sexual assault, who isn’t available for much of the next two months, could prepare the report.

But defence counsel Mitch Stephensen said his client was opposed to delaying being tested by staff at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre (SAFPC).

“Mr. Desjarlais has been co-operative all along with respect to the anticipated dangerous offender application, but he opposes this delay,” Stephensen told Bascom.

Serial rapist Charles Henry Desjarlais will undergo a psychiatric assessment to determine if he qualifies for a dangerous offender label.

Crown prosecutor Karuna Ramakrishnan on Friday asked for the assessment, which could result in an application for Desjarlais to be locked up indefinitely.

Ramakrishnan sought the assessment after provincial court Judge John Bascom denied her application to adjourn the Crown’s request to March.

Ramakrishnan had sought a delay so a doctor who performed a pre-sentencing assessment on Desjarlais over a previous sexual assault, who isn’t available for much of the next two months, could prepare the report.

But defence counsel Mitch Stephensen said his client was opposed to delaying being tested by staff at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre (SAFPC).

“Mr. Desjarlais has been co-operative all along with respect to the anticipated dangerous offender application, but he opposes this delay,” Stephensen told Bascom.

Mark Presley, 49, intended to meet the teen at Blackpool pier when he was confronted by anti-pedophile vigilantes ‘The Innocence Keepers’ in October, last year. The group had been posing as the 13-year-old “Samantha” on Facebook and had asked Presley to carry a stick of rock so he could be identified on the pier.

The group had also pretended to be a number of other underage children on social media who which Presley was also interacting with, including another fake 13-year-old girl named “Katie”.

Upon being confronted by The Innocence Keepers, Presley “realized he had been stung [and he] he zipped down his jacket to flash his disability card,” the group said.

Judge Andrew Woolman said there were “no real victims” in the case. He added that Presley had suffered bullying which had made him “a victim himself,” according to the Daily Mail.

Mark Presley, 49, intended to meet the teen at Blackpool pier when he was confronted by anti-pedophile vigilantes ‘The Innocence Keepers’ in October, last year. The group had been posing as the 13-year-old “Samantha” on Facebook and had asked Presley to carry a stick of rock so he could be identified on the pier.

The group had also pretended to be a number of other underage children on social media who which Presley was also interacting with, including another fake 13-year-old girl named “Katie”.

Upon being confronted by The Innocence Keepers, Presley “realized he had been stung [and he] he zipped down his jacket to flash his disability card,” the group said.

Judge Andrew Woolman said there were “no real victims” in the case. He added that Presley had suffered bullying which had made him “a victim himself,” according to the Daily Mail.

SOUTH BEND — A former Long Beach woman with a history of sexually abusing a developmentally disabled family member is likely to receive a life sentence at her Jan. 26 hearing.

Victoria Suzanna Jackson, also known as Victoria Milligan, 23, pleaded guilty to first-degree incest and second-degree assault with a sexual motivation in Pacific County Superior Court on Jan. 5.

Prosecutor Mark McClain said in a press release that it was a “particularly troubling” case. He is asking that Jackson receive a life sentence under the state’s Indeterminate Sentence Review Board because it was not the first time she had abused the victim, who is an adult.

“While she did not physically assault her (victim), he was incapable of consent in the same way someone may be too intoxicated to consent and as such committed a sex offense,” McClain

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